Unable to navigate to my desktop or Home directory from Adobe programs

[kat.hayes]

Not sure if this is an Adobe issue or something with my Mac?

While using the latest version of Adobe Illustrator I have no access to my desktop, documents, Home directory from inside Illustrator. I can’t navigate to place a file inside it, or to load a .ase file. When I try to do this it only gives me options to very few folders, including, applications, but no way to get to my desktop or anywhere else that I might save data files.Any idea why it might be doing this?

Thanks.

 

[dsemf]

Not sure if this is an Adobe issue or something with my Mac?

While using the latest version of Adobe Illustrator I have no access to my desktop, documents, Home directory from inside Illustrator. I can’t navigate to place a file inside it, or to load a .ase file. When I try to do this it only gives me options to very few folders, including, applications, but no way to get to my desktop or anywhere else that I might save data files.Any idea why it might be doing this?

Thanks.

Look at System Preferences => Security & Privacy, Privacy tab, select Files and Folders.

DS

 

[brianmowrey]

If you see "Applications," your view is probably outside of your User folder, but I can't possibly guess whether the UI does or does not allow you to get back to the User folder without a screenshot of the save dialogue

 

[Sciuriware]

Not sure if this is an Adobe issue or something with my Mac?

While using the latest version of Adobe Illustrator I have no access to my desktop, documents, Home directory from inside Illustrator. I can’t navigate to place a file inside it, or to load a .ase file. When I try to do this it only gives me options to very few folders, including, applications, but no way to get to my desktop or anywhere else that I might save data files.Any idea why it might be doing this?

Thanks.

Several applications and even JAVA need explicit access to Desktop, Documents, Downloads etc. since Catalina.
These allowances are managed the way "dsemf" already replied above.
;JOOP!